‘Whatever Happened to the Segway?’
Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 07.08.09 | 3:06 PM ET
As most travelers know, it became the much-mocked vehicle of choice for niche-market guided city tours worldwide. But there’s more to the story: Slate takes a thorough look at the personal-transport revolution that wasn’t.
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Ling 07.09.09 | 10:29 AM ET
Heh! I remember George Bush tumbling off his Segway. It sure didn’t help them enlarge their ‘niche’ when the President of the United States took a fall.
Sophia Dembling 07.14.09 | 11:28 AM ET
The real problem with the Segway, IMO, is that it’s impossible not to look like a goober riding one.